Fangfangia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Sundadanionidae |
| Genus: | Fangfangia Britz, Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2012 |
| Species: | F. spinicleithralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Fangfangia spinicleithralis Britz, Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2012
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Fangfangia is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sundadanionidae, the tiny danios.[2] The only species in the genus is Fangfangia spinicleithralis a species endemic to Indonesia where it is found in the peat swamp forests of Kalimantan Tengah, Borneo. The genus name Fangfangia honors the Chinese-Swedish ichthyologist Fang Fang Kullander, who specialized in the study of cyprinid fishes.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Lumbantobing, D. (2020). "Fangfangia spinicleithralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T91003379A91003413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T91003379A91003413.en. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sundadanionidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Britz, R.; Kottelat, M. & Tan, H.H. (2011). "Fangfangia spinicleithralis, a new genus and species of miniature cyprinid from Kalimantan Tengah, Borneo, Indonesia (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 22 (4): 327–335.
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